Species profile
Heuglin's Bustard
Neotis heuglinii
Quick answer
Savanna of Eritrea to s Ethiopia, n Somalia and n Kenya
- Scientific name
- Neotis heuglinii
- Family
- Otididae
- Order
- Otidiformes
- Genus
- Neotis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Otididae
- African Houbara (Chlamydotis undulata)
- Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs)
- Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis)
- Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)
- Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster)
- Blue Bustard (Eupodotis caerulescens)
- Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana)
- Chlamydotis mesetaria (Chlamydotis mesetaria)